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Punch Ladle

SilversmithMade by James Gordon (Aberdeen, Scotland, active c.1766 - 1806)

Datec.1780

Object NameLadle

Mediumsilver and whalebone

ClassificationsApplied Art

DimensionsOverall: height 5cm × width 7.9cm × length 41.6cm

AcquisitionPresented in 2013 by Rupert James Youle.

CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0

LocationOn Display - Gallery 06

Object numberABDAG011459

Keywords

About MeJames Gordon was perhaps one of Aberdeen's most successful late 18th century goldsmiths. He was apprentice to Coline Allan and admitted a member of the Hammerman in 1766. Even from this early period of his career his workshop supported apprentices and he took twelve throughout his career. This large number must attest to his success of his business in Aberdeen as supporting such a workshop must have taken a constant trade in silver.
These apprentices would go onto shape the trade within Aberdeen through such well-known names as William Jamieson and Benjamin Lumsden. However his influence would stretch further with Robert Gordon and John Mair both of whom left to practice their trade in the expanding outposts of the colonial empire in India.

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A sleek silver ladle complete with whalebone handle created by one of Aberdeen’s most successful 18th century goldsmiths.

Exhibitions

Gallery 06 - Feasting